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DAZN, the rising sports streaming operation headed by former ESPN chief John Skipper, has added a key exec from Skipper’s former regime, bringing in Jamie Horowitz as EVP of content for North America.
Horowitz had been a consultant at DAZN since 2018. He was fired by Fox Sports in 2017 amid an investigation by the…

For the first time in decades, John Skipper spearheaded a launch event for a sports network that has nothing to do with ESPN.
The longtime former president at the Disney-owned sports mainstay took the stage today as executive chairman of Perform Group (see video below). Perform’s service, DAZN (pronounced “da zone”)…

Former ESPN President John Skipper, who left the Disney-owned sports broadcaster last year as a result of issues with drugs, has joined UK sports media firm Perform Group.
Based in New York and reporting to the company's board, Skipper becomes Executive Chairman of the company and will help bolster its global…

Former ESPN President John Skipper says someone whom he bought cocaine from attempted to extort him — a threat that led to his abrupt departure from the Walt Disney Co. after 27 years.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter contributor James Andrew Miller, author of These Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of…

UPDATED with George Bodenheimer statement: John Skipper resigned as president of ESPN and co-chairman of the Disney Media Networks on Monday, citing his substance abuse problem.
George Bodenheimer, ESPN’s president from 1998-2011 and its executive chairman until May 2014, will take over as the acting chairman of the…

ESPN is eliminating 150 studio and production employees, cuts that do not include on-air talent.
The announcement was made by ESPN President John Skipper in a memo to staff this morning.
The positions, a source says, have been eliminated as ESPN redirect resources to what the company considers newer growth areas, like…

“ESPN is not a political organization….ESPN is about sports,” network president John Skipper said in a Friday afternoon memo to staff. Except ESPN became one of this week’s biggest political stories when one of its anchors, Jemele Hill, called President Donald Trump a white supremacist who has largely surrounded…

The announcement was widely anticipated, but will finally take place this week, ESPN President John Skipper says in a memo to staff.
The cuts will affect about 300 people – equal to 4% of the 8,000-person staff. People will be notified through Friday. The cuts are expected to be spread across the company, not…

ESPN says it’s parting ways with Bill Simmons when his contract runs out in September.
"I decided today that we are not going to renew Bill Simmons' contract,” network president John Skipper told Deadline in a statement. “We have been in negotiations and it was clear it was time to move on. ESPN's relationship with…

Prominent ESPNSportsCenter anchor Stuart Scott has died at 49 after a long and public battle with cancer, the network announced early this morning.
Scott was known for his trademark “Boo-Yah” exclamation in narrating the plays of the night while anchoring the SportsCenter evening round-up. The network noted that…

"We have better product than they do," said ESPN President John Skipper today at the NCTA's Cable Show convention in downtown LA about challenges to cable from Netflix, Amazon and Yahoo. "Shame on us if we don't protect our turf," he added. "We're allowing them to set the tone of the conversation — we should set the…